Alexandria... Why?
1979 film
- 1979 (1979)
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Alexandria... Why? (Egyptian Arabic: إسكندرية ليه, translit. Iskanderija... lih?) is a 1979 Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize.[1] The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
Plot
The film portrays the early life of the director in his home city, Alexandria.
Cast
- Naglaa Fathi as Sarah
- Farid Shawqi as Mohsen's Father Shaker Pasha
- Mahmoud El-Meliguy as Qadry
- Ezzat El Alaili as Morsi
- Youssef Wahbi
- Yehia Chahine
- Laila Fawzi
- Aeela Rateb
- Ahmed Zaki as Ibrahim
- Gerry Sundquist as Thomas 'Tommy' Friskin
See also
- List of submissions to the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
- Alexandria... Why? at IMDb
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Films directed by Youssef Chahine
- Son of the Nile (1951)
- The Blazing Sun (1954)
- Struggle in the Pier (1956)
- Cairo Station (1958)
- Jamila, the Algerian (1958)
- Forever Yours (1959)
- Saladin the Victorious (1963)
- Dawn of a New Day (1965)
- The Nile and the Life (1968)
- The Land (1969)
- The Choice (1970)
- Those People of the Nile (1972)
- The Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
- Alexandria... Why? (1979)
- An Egyptian Story (1982)
- Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
- Alexandria Again and Forever (1989)
- The Emigrant (1994)
- Lumière and Company (1995)
- Destiny (1997)
- The Other (1999)
- 11′09″01 September 11 (2002)
- Alexandria... New York (2004)
- To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
- Chaos, This Is (2007)
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